Traffic-signaling device.



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Patented Ssep I I I I Illl/ F. L. BUFF.

TRAFFIC SIGNALING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.8, 1911.

Witnesses Attorneys I F. L. BUFF.

TRAFFiC SIGNALING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED NOVi8 IQIT. 1,279,648. Patented Sept. 24,1918.

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Witnesses ,m g/lwlnventor Attorneys T all ag/tom it may concern:

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FRANK L. BUFF, OF WIQHITA, KANSAS.

TRAFFIC-SIGNALING DEVICE.

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' citizen Qf Z-thGQUDltGCl. States, residing at intended to stop or toback the machine.

"Wichita, in the county of Sedgwick and State .ofKansas, have invented anew and useful .llraiiic-Signaling Device, "of which the following isaspecificationm A invention relates to a signaling ,de-v

vices particularly-1.,designed for use upon 10 motor vehicles, one ofits objects being to provide adevice of this character, which can beattachedreadily to the wind shield of an automobile and .which can beadjusted readily -to indicate the direction in which the vehicle is aboutto turn, and whether it is -A further object is to-provide simple andeflicient means for holdingthezsignaling device in any position to whichit may be moved.

Anotherobject is to produce a signaling device which is cheap tomanufacture, at-

tractive in appearance, and which will be instantly recognized as atrafiic signal by motorists following the machine to which it isattached.

Another object is to provide a combined signal device and mirror.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in' thepreciseembodiment of-the invention herein disclosed, can be made 'withinthe'scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention. -In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of theinvention has been shown.

In said drawings Figure 1 is a rear elevation of the signaling device,the same being shown by full and dotted lines, in several positions thatmay bel assumed thereby.

Fig. 2 is a plan view. 1

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section. V Fi; 4 is an elevation, of a portion ofth 7 arm of the apparatus.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference, 1 designates anarmhavin a jaw 2 at once end, and adjust-ably secured to 'this arm is a.clamping member 3 having a sp e'cification of Letters Pattie PatentedSept, 24, 1 918 Application filed. November 8, 1917. Serial N 0,200,960.

justable angularl'yqthereom' is a rearwardly on the front face of abacking'plate 8. The stem -can be secured in any desired manner," as bymeans of a nut 9.

Extending through the middle portion i of the plate 8 is a stem 10projecting from the disk-like base 11 of'an actuating-knob 12',

and mounted on thisstem is a coiled spring 13 one end of which bearsagainst the plate" Swhile the other end thereof bears against a nut 14threaded uponthe'stem and by means of which the tension can be regulatedof the springv f Secured to the base 11 of the knob 12is metal shaped toappear like the forearm of a person with ahand extended therefrom.

Obviously the arm 15 and hand asat 16. r 16 can be suitably finishedwith paint or the like and, as shown, a mirror- 17 can be secured uponthe back face ofthe arm 15 so that the driver can see machinesapproaching from the rear.

That end of the arm 15 adjacent the has 11 is concentric with the baseand is lapped and retained by a finger 18 formed on the plate 8. Thestem 10 is of course extended through the arm 15 and the spring 13serves to hold the arm pressed firmly against the plate 8. 4 0

Formed in the plate or arm 15 at points equidistant from the stem 10 areapertures 19 any one of which is adapted to receive the pointed end of aplunger 20 which is slidabiy mounted in a recess 21 formed in the arm 7and is normally pressed outwardly against the arm l5iby a spring 22housed in the recess 21.

' The finger 18 constitutes an index and is adaptcdto indicate any oneof a series of lettersprinted or otherwise displayed upon the back faceof the arm or plate 15 close mentshown the letters employed are B,mdicann an intention to move backwardly,

L, indicating an intention to turn to the c to the rounded end thereof.In the arrangea and it will be apparent that by turning the arm 15 bymeans of the knob 12 so as to bring it to any one of the positionsstated, the driverof. a machine-following will be able fullytounderstand in What direction the machine ahead will move. The springpressed plunger will hold the arm 15 in any position to which it may beshifted but will yield to permit adjustment of the arm whenever the knob12 is turned.

What is claimed is z 1. A signal device incl' ling a backing plate,means for attaching it to a supporting structure, a knob revolublyconnected to the backing plate, a signal arm connected to the knob andhavin a series of holes therein, yielding means or holdin' the armpressed yieldingly against the backing plate, and a yieldable plungernormally projecting into one of the holes to maintain the signal arminany position to which it may be ad-' 'justed.

2. A signaldevice including a backing ing means for pressin the armagainst the I backing plate, a-yiel able plunger carried by the backingplate and normally projecting into one of the holes to maintain thesignal arm in any position to Which it may be adjusted, and means on thearm andoooperating with the index to indicate the several positions ofthe arm.

In testimony that Iclaim the foregoing as my 0WI1,'I have hereto'aflixed mys ignature in the presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses:

IVY E. SIMPSON, P. A. ROCKELLI.

FRANK n-Burng;

